15. No Scars!

We sat leaning against a tree after Nicklaus told his men that they should rest for a while. Tiana knew he was doing it for her.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"To Nephus, To your family." He was going to ask her father to help in this war between brothers. "Will you really kill your brothers?" she asked carefully.

"Yes" he said without hesitation. She shivered at the thought.

"Even your nephews?" he clenched his jaw and closed his eyes, then opened them again.

"I won't have to kill them because my brothers will."

Why? They are just kids. Why kill your family for the throne? That's something she could never understand.

Standing up "we should continue" he said. They continued their journey and reached there at night, after riding the whole day.

Tiana’s brothers were the ones to welcome them. They spoke mostly to Nicklaus, ignoring her totally. She wasn’t expecting more. They were never close. Their family always separated men and women. While men were respected, almost worshipped wom